Natural Disasters: Bagyo, Lindol, Baha, atbp.

[amras]

news like these are not supposed to scare but rather make us prepared for possible scenarios that might happen in the near future. so i'd say that the government in coordination with the owners of these structures should start conducting inspections, facilitate safety drills not only for earthquakes but for other disasters as well. we can only pray that we only get minor damages and losses if ever these things happen coz these are definetely real threats.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by thomasian

I'll take this one, I'll just change it a little bit to 'Philippine Natural Disasters'.

That's better Aaron. Thanks!

[bustero]

They said in the article , all buildings over 30 stories were sure to survive as they're up to date with the latest seismic strucutral design requirements, unfortunately for the older ones not all of them are up to the latest design standards. Many things were changed after the kobe earthquake, many major public works were retrofited, but many private ones have not been brought up to the new standards. cuidao

[mhe-ann]

Over 13,000 displaced by floods

First posted 01:09pm (Mla time) Dec 07, 2005
By Joel Francis Guinto
INQ7.net

THE NUMBER of people displaced by flash floods triggered by heavy rains in low-lying areas in the northeastern Philippines has risen to 13,565, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Wednesday.
Lucena City in Quezon province, some 136 kilometers south of Manila, remains the hardest hit with 12,655 persons forced to flee to evacuation centers, the OCD said in a report.

In Candelaria town, also in Quezon province, some 112 kilometers south of the capital, rising floodwaters have displaced 112 people, the report said.

Floods also hit Victoria Capalonga town in Camarines Norte province, where 188 people were forced to evacuate, and Victoria town in Oriental Mindoro province, where 55 people were displaced, it added.

At around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a landslide hit a residential area in Catioan village, Capalonga town, damaging three houses.

A flood protection dike in Del Pilar village, Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro province was washed out by rising floodwaters, the report said.

Search and rescue teams have been deployed to the affected areas. The military's Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) has dispatched 6x6 trucks for the relief effort.

A low pressure area 490 kilometers east of Mindanao and a frontal system is expected to bring more rains to the affected areas since Monday evening, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration, the state weather bureau.

[rowell_sk]

Here in Cebu, we've never been hit hard again by a typhoon since Ruping in 1990..Thank God!! hope He will continue to keep us away from it.

[slerz]

I hope so...

[Sinjin P.]

As far as I know, the Mayon Volcano and Taal Volcano are the most known volcanoes in the Philippines. Mayon for its almost perfect cone and Taal for being the smallest volcano in the world and being in the center of Taal Lake.

I find it funny how we discover that many other volcanoes existed, just because of their tantrums and volcanic activity. No one even knew that there was a Mt. Pinatubo not until its eruption a decade ago. And now, new names are creating news, Mt. Kanlaon in Negros (although I've known that there is such a volcano from our Geography book but it still it's a far cry from Mayon and Taal's fame) and Mt. Bulusan in Sorsogon.

What's next? Which volcano will catch our attention?

[Sinjin P.]

Active Volcanoes in the Philippines

[Sinjin P.]

Potentially Active Volcanoes in the Philippines

[yelotrak]

Sinjin, very good reference you have.

[Sinjin P.]

Okay, here's a thread for discussions on natural phenomena: typhoons, rain, thunderstorms, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, eclipses, etc.

Below is the path of the Solar Eclipse viewable in the Philippines on Sunday April 20, 2042. If you intend to catch the show from your streets, mark your calendars now.

[MarkiiBoi]

Oh right down the middle.

[Sinjin P.]

Tagal pa ng 2042, hehehe Hmm, I hope there would be an eclipse earlier than the one above

[MarkiiBoi]

Hayaan mo, aabot kapa nun.

[Sinjin P.]

Hmm, was there any major solar eclipse during the 90s or earlier?

[MarkiiBoi]

Yep jin.

[Sinjin P.]

Wow! I didn't witness that

[xXx carlos xXx]

aawww yah... i saw that eclipse... when i was in gradeschool..

[BYAHILO]

wow. its gonna all over romblon and the island of panay. ill be 63 by that time. kaya po pa sana bumiyahe by that time.

[Sinjin P.]

Mayon one of 6 most active volcanoes in disaster-prone RP

Article posted August 7, 2006, 10:22 am
Mount Mayon is one of the six most active volcanoes in "disaster-prone" Philippines that government has placed under close and constant watch, on account of the frequency, recency and grim impact of their eruptions.

Apart from Mayon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is also monitoring Taal, Bulusan, Kanlaon, Hibok-Hibok and Pinatubo volcanoes, "which have erupted repeatedly in historical times."

"The Philippines," Phivolcs said, "is a disaster-prone country" that hosts more than 200 volcanoes, of which 22 are active. At least five earthquakes per day occur in the archipelago, it added.[/B]

Mount Pinatubo, which lies on the boundaries of Zambales, Pampanga and Tarlac province, was a dormant volcano until its last violent eruption in June 1991 covered most of Luzon island in a blanket of ash and buried entire towns in mudflow several meters deep.

After the eruption, Pinatubo's elevation receded from 1.745 kilometers to 1.445 km, Phivolcs said. In July-October 1992, Pinatubo exhibited "dome-formation activity."

Taal volcano in Batangas province has 47 craters and 4 caldera or maars.

Its main crater lake that is blue-green in color, volcanologists said, stands 4 meters above sea level.

Its last eruption on October 3, 1977 followed nine earlier major eruptions in 1749, 1754, 1878, 1911, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, and 1970. Throughout history, Taal has erupted 47 times.

Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon province, "a stratovolcano inside a caldera," has 18 recorded eruptions since 1852, the last one occurring on November 27, 1994.

In recent months, Bulusan has drawn attention from state volcanologists on account of "rumbling sounds, increased steaming activity, noticeable increase in the extent of drying up of vegetation around the volcano's upper slopes," all phenomena associated with eruption.

Kanlaon volcano in Negros Oriental province, also a stratovolcano like Bulusan, has chalked up a record of 21 eruptions, the latest in August 1996.

The sixth most active volcano in the country, Hibok-Hibok in Camiguin province, is classified as "a complex volcano." It has five recorded eruptions, the last one from September 1948 to July 1953